 The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; (clockwise from left) Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Leonardo. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) are a group of four anthropomorphic turtle brothers, who, as one might infer from the name, are also teenagers, mutants and ninja. The Turtles are each named after a famous Renaissance artist: Leonardo (Leonardo da Vinci), Raphael (Raffaello Santi), Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti), and Donatello (Donatello). Image File history File links Group04800. ...
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Families See text Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, most of whose body is shielded by a special bony shell developed from their ribs. ...
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Leonardo (original movie incarnation) Leonardo (or Leo), a fictional character, is the unofficial leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). ...
Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter. ...
Raphael (original movie incarnation) Raphael (or Raph), a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). ...
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Michelangelo (original movie incarnation) Michelangelo (or Mike or Mikey or Rooish) is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). ...
Michelangelo (full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. ...
Donatello (original movie incarnation) Donatello (or Don or Donny or Donnie), a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). ...
Statue of Donatello at the Uffizi Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi) (1386 - December 13, 1466) was a famous Florentine artist and sculptor of the Early Renaissance. ...
Created in 1984 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the TMNT originated in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios. The small-press black & white comics were successful enough to inspire a syndicated cartoon series, which catapulted the characters into an international merchandising craze. The cartoon, while obviously inspired by the comic book, diverged from it in almost every way. While the comic was meant for an older audience, the cartoon was standard children's fare and typically avoided overt human violence and any semblance of real conflict. The characters' popularity exploded with the release of a live-action feature film (which most closely followed the comic) and its two sequels. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Kevin Eastman Kevin Eastman (born May 30, 1962) is an American comic book artist who is best known as the co-creator (with Peter Laird) of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...
Peter Laird (born January 27, 1954 in North Adams, Massachusetts), created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984 along with Kevin Eastman. ...
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Mirage Studios is a small independent comic book company formed in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. ...
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The TMNT stories were written with a generally consistent philosophy of moral absolutism (although it could be argued that Raphael, at least, displayed shades of grey on occasion). The Turtles were consistently depicted as the "good guys," and their arch-enemy Shredder (with maybe one or two exceptions) was depicted as a "bad guy." As the plots became more complex, more ambiguous characters were introduced but the main characters remained either "good" or "bad." Moral absolutism is the position that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are right or wrong, regardless of the context of the act. ...
- Emo Philips A word, phrase, sentence, or other communication is called ambiguous if it can be reasonably interpreted in more than one way. ...
The TMNT stories contain something of an ensemble cast; although the TMNT are the main characters (and are given slightly different levels of importance depending on the particular story), there are usually three strong supporting characters, including the Turtles' sensei, Master Splinter, and their human friends April O'Neil and Casey Jones. Each character has been featured in a solo adventure. An ensemble cast is a cast in which the principal performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance in a dramatic production. ...
Sensei in Japanese Sensei (先生) is a generic Japanese term for master, teacher or doctor. It can be used to refer to any authority figure, such as schoolteacher, professor, priest, lawyer, or politician. ...
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April ONeil and the TMNT April ONeil is a fictional character in the Mirage Studios franchise Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...
Casey Jones is a fictional character, who appears in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. ...
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themselves are variously referred to as the TMNT, Ninja Turtles, or even, after being introduced more completely, the Turtles. In the United Kingdom they are sometimes known as the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
Comic books
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The Turtles originated in a small-run black and white comic by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird entitled Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Published by Mirage Studios, it was released in 1984 and became an overnight sensation for independent comics. Over the years TMNT comics have spanned four separate volumes and several side stories, culminating in TMNT: Volume 4, which began publication in 2001 and continues as of 2005. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (494x767, 129 KB)Cover of Eastman and Lairds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4, 2nd printing. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (494x767, 129 KB)Cover of Eastman and Lairds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4, 2nd printing. ...
Interior splash from Eastman and Lairds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a quartet of crime-fighting reptilian brothers, first appeared in 1984 as a comic by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. ...
Kevin Eastman Kevin Eastman (born May 30, 1962) is an American comic book artist who is best known as the co-creator (with Peter Laird) of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...
Peter Laird (born January 27, 1954 in North Adams, Massachusetts), created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984 along with Kevin Eastman. ...
Mirage Studios is a small independent comic book company formed in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. ...
1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The term alternative comics is one of several labels applied to a range of comic books, graphic novels, and allied forms that have appeared since about 1980, in the wake of the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 70s. ...
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Archie Comics owned the rights to publish comics based on the 1987 cartoon series. This comic, TMNT Adventures, stopped following the cartoon story after issue 5 and developed its own storylines. While the 1987 TV series had much more humor, the Archie Comics incarnation was more violent and explored darker themes such as death, religious conflict and environmental issues. The Archie Comics series was published between 1988 and 1995. Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones. ...
Image Comics also released an action-packed TMNT series, known as Volume 3, after the ceasation of Volume 2 and before the release of Volume 4. Image Comics is the third or fourth largest comic book publisher in the United States. ...
A daily comic strip, drawn and written by Dan Berger, was published until its cancellation in December 1996. At its highest point in popularity, it was published in over 250 newspapers.
A monthly comic, inspired by the 2003 animated series, was published by Dreamwave Productions from June to December 2003 before it was cancelled due to low sales. It was written by Peter David and illustrated by LeSean, and in the first three issues, which were the only ones based on the TV series, it showed the perspective of April O'Neil, Baxter Stockman and Casey Jones instead of the Turtles. The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, first aired on February 8, 2003, marked the revival of the franchise by Fox Network, with the help of 4Kids Entertainment, as a Saturday-morning cartoon in Foxs Fox Box programming block (which has since been renamed 4Kids TV). The 2003 TMNT...
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December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Peter Allen David (born September 23, 1956) is an American writer, best known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels. ...
April ONeil and the TMNT April ONeil is a fictional character in the Mirage Studios franchise Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...
Dr. Baxter Stockman is a fictional scientist who has appeared in several versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show and comic. ...
Casey Jones is a fictional character, who appears in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. ...
TV Series
1987 Cartoon Series - Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
On December 10, 1987, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' first cartoon series began, starting in daily syndication and later joining CBS' Saturday morning block as well. The weekend edition presented a full hour of Turtle Power, initially airing a couple of (then) Saturday exclusive episodes back to back. The series ran until November 2, 1996. The original 1987 Series File links The following pages link to this file: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Film Productions Inc. ...
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CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
In animation, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are four wise-cracking, teenaged, pizza-scarfing cartoon turtles who fight the forces of evil from their neighborhood sewer hangout. In the series' twilight, new creative directions included augmenting the stars' abilities, expanding the cast, and even darkening the mood a bit. This cartoon series was made by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Film Productions Inc. Mirage Studios does not own the rights to the old 1987 TMNT cartoon series, although they have incorporated many tributes to the series in the recent animated revival (despite Peter Laird's mixed feelings for a TV series which strayed so much from his comic book). Peter Laird (born January 27, 1954 in North Adams, Massachusetts), created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984 along with Kevin Eastman. ...
The cast included new and different characters like April O'Neil, Casey Jones, Bebop and Rocksteady, Baxter Stockman, and the Rat King. Original characters like The Shredder and Foot Soldiers stayed true to the comics in appearance and alignment only. Krang, one of the series' most memorable villains, was inspired by the design of the Utrom, a benevolent alien race from the Mirage comics. The animated Krang, however, was instead a Warlord from Dimension X, and a thoroughly evil being. April ONeil and the TMNT April ONeil is a fictional character in the Mirage Studios franchise Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...
Casey Jones is a fictional character, who appears in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. ...
Bebop in the 1987 TMNT cartoon Rocksteady in the 1987 TMNT cartoon Bebop and Rocksteady are a pair of dimwitted henchmen in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series and the Archie TMNT Adventures comics. ...
Dr. Baxter Stockman is a fictional scientist who has appeared in several versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show and comic. ...
The Shredder is the main villain of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...
The Foot Clan is a fictional Ninjutsu clan in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. ...
Krang This article is regarding the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles supervillain. ...
Mortu in his exosuit, surrounded by three Utroms on hover pads. ...
Dimension X is a fictional alternate dimension in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series from 1987 and the Archie Comic TMNT Adventures. ...
"TMNT: The Next Mutation" Series In the late '90s, a live-action TV series was made. A fifth turtle was introduced, a female named "Venus de Milo", and the series took place generally after the storyline of the 1987 cartoon series, as Shredder had been defeated and the Ninja Turtles had new villains. These versions of the Ninja Turtles made a guest appearance on Power Rangers: In Space, a similar live-action superhero show of the time [1]. This incarnation of the Turtles was not very popular and was canceled after one season. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...
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Since its cancellation, the program has been considered apocryphal by the TMNT fanbase, and Laird and Eastman have disavowed all knowledge of Venus de Milo (in November 2000).
 The TMNT from the Japanese OAV. Screenshot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles OAV This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ...
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Anime In addition to the American series, a Japan-only two-episode anime OAV series was made in 1996, titled Mutant Turtles: Choujin Densetsu-hen ("Superman Legend"). It featured the turtles as superheroes, who gained costumes and super powers with the use of "Muta-Stones," while Shredder, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady gained super-villain powers with the use of a "Dark Muta-Stone." The show's characters resembled those in the original U.S. cartoon series, but with very different personalities. The show was aimed at a much younger audience, and used many non-serious elements of Sentai and superhero comics. A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes referred to in the Western world by the portmanteau Japanimation. ...
Original Video Animation (OVA) is an acronym used in Japan for anime that are released directly to video, without being first broadcast on TV or released in theaters. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Shredder is the main villain of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...
Krang This article is regarding the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles supervillain. ...
Bebop in the 1987 TMNT cartoon Rocksteady in the 1987 TMNT cartoon Bebop and Rocksteady are a pair of dimwitted henchmen in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series and the Archie TMNT Adventures comics. ...
Costumes from the 1975 series, Himitsu Sentai Goranger, on display at the Bandai Museum in Tokyo, Japan Sentai (Japanese: 戦隊), the Japanese word for task force, is most commonly used for classifying the super hero television shows produced by Toei and aired by TV Asahi. ...
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2003 Animated Series - Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)
On February 8, 2003, the Fox Network revived the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise with the help of 4Kids Entertainment as a Saturday-morning cartoon in Fox's Fox Box programming block, which has since been renamed "4Kids TV". The 2003 TMNT cartoon series was produced by Mirage Studios[2], and Mirage Studios owns one third of the rights to the series. The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, first aired on February 8, 2003, marked the revival of the franchise by Fox Network, with the help of 4Kids Entertainment, as a Saturday-morning cartoon in Foxs Fox Box programming block (which has since been renamed 4Kids TV). The 2003...
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4Kids TV, formerly the FoxBox is a block of Saturday Morning television programming targeting kids and tweens airing on Saturday morning in most areas. ...
Mirage Studios is a small independent comic book company formed in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. ...
The show differs significantly from the 1987 cartoon in that it follows the comics more closely, providing a darker and edgier feel, but still remaining light enough to be considered children's fare. The Turtles are depicted as more of a family than as a fighting team (unlike in the 1987 cartoon).
Feature films All the feature films are available on DVD and VHS as well as the 2003 animated series. The 1987 animated series is available on its out of print VHS tapes which are a vintage favorite. There is also a DVD release of the 1987 series available since April of 2004, which contains the original episodes that aired back in December of 1987 and four bonus episodes from its tenth and final season. The second season of the original cartoon is also now available on DVD. The Next Mutation is also available on DVD and VHS. For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...
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2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The first film, simply titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, closely follows the Eastman and Laird original graphic novels, with a little of the silliness of the cartoons. While fans of both the cartoon and the comic were appeased, many felt that the Turtle characters (with the exception of Raphael) seemed to have the same personality with few variations. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the 1990 live action movie based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. ...
The second film, entitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, expands on the Turtles' origin story while claiming the dubious distinction of featuring Vanilla Ice's film debut. It also featured new characters: Shredder's mutants Tokka and Rahzar, and a mutated Super-Shredder. Vanilla Ices mugshot was taken in January 2001 after he was arrested for assaulting his wife. ...
Tokka and Rahzar are two fictional mutant villains in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. ...
The third film in the series was the lukewarm Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time, which featured the return of the character Casey Jones. The plot of this film includes the Turtles traveling back in time to ancient Japan and donning Samurai armor. It was based on a sub-story involving the Sacred Sands of Time, which debuted in Eastman and Laird's TMNT Volume 1, issue 8.
The fourth film in the series is currently in pre-production. Unlike the previous films, it will be using Computer-generated imagery. No details have been released regarding the plot. The seawater creature in The Abyss marked CGIs acceptance in the visual effects industry. ...
Video games Not only did the Ninja Turtles have a successful toy line, cartoon series, and movies, but they also starred in many video games. Japanese video game manufacturer Konami was largely responsible for them. Computer and video games A screenshot of Tetris for the Nintendo Game Boy A console game (better known as a video game) is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment, which consists of a moveable image displayed on a screen that is usually controlled and manipulated using a handheld...
Konami Corporation (コナミ) (TYO: 9766) (NYSE: KNM) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling computer and video games. ...
The older TMNT games are based on the old 1987 TMNT cartoon show, while the modern TMNT games are based on the new 2003 TMNT cartoon show. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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1980–1990s The first Famicom/NES TMNT game was the side-scroller Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (retitled 激亀忍者伝 Gekikame Ninja Den in Japan, which loosely translates to "Fierce Legend of the Ninja Turtles", affecting the numbering of its two Famicom sequels), released in 1989. It was unique in that at any point, the player could switch from one turtle to the next; each Turtle used his unique weapon (Donatello's bo, Michelangelo's nunchaku, Leonardo's katanas as well as Raphael's sai). The game was also unique in that the player starts off in a strategic map where the player may explore sewer holes as well as engage patrolling enemy foot soldiers before entering any in-game portals or entry points of their choice. There are also several 'objectives' which must be completed before completing any of the 5 available levels, such as rescuing April in the first level. During the course of the missions, the player also gets to collect several useful expendable weapons such as the use of boomerangs as well as shurikens. As with the custom of most video games of the era, there is inevitably a 'boss' character at the end of every level. The game, however, is only for single-player. The game scenarios involve diving into the Hudson River, securing a warehouse and descent into an active volcano and more. Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ...
A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a genre of video games in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right in order to reach their goals. ...
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 Konami's TMNT Arcade flyer Released also in 1989 and popular in the arcades during the 1990s was the first TMNT arcade game, also titled simply Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a side-scrolling "beat-em-up." It was successful enough to be followed by an arcade sequel known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time in 1991, which later appeared on the Super Nintendo. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (850x1122, 499 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (850x1122, 499 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
// Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1989. ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1991. ...
1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ...
The second NES TMNT game, known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, released in 1990, is an adaptation of the original arcade game, with two additional levels and some graphics changed to advertise Pizza Hut. It was featured in Nintendo Power Volume #21. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Pizza Hut is a restaurant chain and international food franchise based in Dallas, Texas specializing in pizza. ...
The first cover of Nintendo Power featured a clay sculpture of Mario from . ...
The third NES TMNT game was called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project and was released in 1991. It was featured on the cover of Nintendo Power Volume #32. This game has the distinction of being the first to introduce unique special moves to each turtle (e.g. Raphael leaping into the air and spinning, with the sound of a jackhammer, known as the Turtle Drill). 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The first cover of Nintendo Power featured a clay sculpture of Mario from . ...
The turtles' first Super NES and Sega Genesis game was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV, which was a home port of the arcade game Turtles in Time. There were minor alternations made to the game (some enemies could be defeated in a single hit on the SNES version). After some levels of regular gameplay, the turtles are warped to a prehistoric time, then several other time periods until they reach the future, where they battle first Krang, and then The Shredder for The Statue Of Liberty. The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ...
The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1991. ...
When the Ninja Turtles' popularity began to decrease by the mid-nineties, the video games changed direction. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters was issued on the NES, Super NES and Sega Genesis. Each version had major differences in plot, gameplay, graphics and characters, but the basic concept was the same in each: a one-on-one fighting game similar to the Street Fighter series. Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ...
The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ...
The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ...
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Several games were made for the Famicom/NES, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom/Super NES, and others. The Nintendo Entertainment System (U.S., Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ...
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The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ...
Original Sega Mega Drive (PAL version) Sega Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ Mega Doraibu) is a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in 1988. ...
The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ...
This article should be merged with Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Famicom design differed from that of the American SNES, though the controllers are almost the same. ...
The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ...
2003 - Present Konami was recently commissioned to transform the current 2003 series into a video game franchise, resulting in two games (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus), with versions for the PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft Xbox. Most of these games have been panned by critics as being uninspired and not living up to the legacy of the NES and SNES games. Some theorize the poor reviews may have more to do with the games being based on the 2003 series instead of the 1987 series, the latter of which the current generation of gaming journalists quite probably grew up watching. For this reason, the 2003 series has also endured unfavorable criticisms from fans of the 1987 series. Game Boy Advance versions of both games were also released, although they diverge from the other versions due to the Game Boy Advance's limited hardware. One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ...
The two versions of the PS2 with an Eye Toy camera The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, after the PlayStation. ...
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A third game in the new series is planned titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare is scheduled to be released in the future, along with a party game spin-off titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee. Trivial Pursuit is a popular party game. ...
 The censored UK opening sequence. Image File history File links The censored opening sequence. ...
Censorship and Hero Turtles Upon TMNT's first arrival in the United Kingdom, the name was changed to "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" (or TMHT for short), since local censorship policies deemed the word ninja to have too violent associations and connotations for a children's programme. Consequently, everything related to the Turtles had to be renamed before being released in the UK (or Ireland). The lyrics were also changed, eliminating the word ninja, such as changing "Splinter taught them to be ninja teens" to "Splinter taught them to be fighting teens." The policies also had other effects, such as removing Michelangelo's nunchakus on the same basis. At the start of the later comeback these policies had been abolished, and no changes were made to the 2003 TMNT show. The name Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remained unchanged for the 2003 show. As a result, in the U.K., the 1987 show is still called Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and the 2003 show is called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Censorship is the use of governmental power to control speech and other forms of human expression. ...
A nunchaku (Chinese: é›™ç¯€æ£ shuÄng jié gùn, å…©ç¯€æ£ liÇŽng jié gùn, or ä¸‰ç¯€æ£ sÄn jié gùn), also known in English by the plural nunchucks (variously rendered as nunchuks, nun-chucks, nun-chuks, nun chucks, nun chuks, or just chucks for short), is a martial arts weapon of...
Concert tour To further add to the Turtles' popularity, a concert tour was held in 1990. The 'Comin' Out of Their Shells Tour' featured live-action turtles (in costumes similar to the films) playing music on stage around a familiar plotline (April is kidnapped, the guys have to rescue her). A pay-per-view special highlighting the concert was shown, and an album featuring the songs was released. The track listing is as follows: - 1. Coming Out of Our Shells!
- 2. Sing About It
- 3. Tubin'
- 4. Skipping Stones
- 5. Pizza Power
- 6. Walk Straight
- 7. No Treaties
- 8. Cowabunga
- 9. April Ballad
- 10. Count on Us
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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle doll - A Pen and Paper RPG entitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness based after TMNT was published by Palladium Books in 1985. Turtles and rats were not the only option for mutated animals, a rather large list of animals was made available. It later spawned a game with a future apocalyptic earth populated mainly with animals, called After the Bomb. Palladium dropped the TMNT rights in 2000, due to the 1987 cartoon making the Turtles "too kiddy", despite fan protest. Palladium is still producing After The Bomb material, with no plans to pick up the TMNT license again, even with the 2003 cartoon in production.
- During the run of the 1987 cartoon, thousands of TMNT action figures where produced, which became one of the top collectables for children of the time. Many sets of various characters where made, from the "normal" ones, to "space" versions, and even "party" versions. Each set included at least a new version of each turtle, and usually included new versions of supporting character like Shredder and April, and even Splinter and Casey Jones.
- In February 2004 a TMNT trading card game based on the 2003 cartoon was released by Upper Deck Entertainment.
Example of what a TMNT looks like. ...
Example of what a TMNT looks like. ...
A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of fictional characters via role-playing. ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness is a role-playing game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property. ...
Founded by Kevin Siembieda and Erick Wujcik, Palladium Books is a role-playing game publisher known most popularly for their best-selling, genre-crossing Rifts gaming series (1990-present). ...
1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Collectible card games (CCGs), also called customizable card games or trading card games, are played using specially designed sets of cards. ...
Upper Deck Entertainment founded in 1988 is a company primarily known for producing trading cards. ...
Ninjemys, the Real Life Ninja Turtle The Ninja Turtles have inspired the name of a real prehistoric turtle with horns and a clubbed tail. Scientists named the animal ninjemys, which means "ninja turtle." Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ...
See also The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has known several major incarnations. ...
This is a list of all 193 episodes of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, by season and year: // 1987 Season Episode #1: Turtle Tracks Episode #2: Enter the Shredder Episode #3: A Thing About Rats Episode #4: Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X Episode #5: Shredder & Splintered 1988...
This is the list of the existing episodes of the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, by season and year: Note: The 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series is still on the air. ...
This list consists of animal characters that walk, talk, act and sometimes look like humans. ...
References - Eastman, Kevin (2002). Kevin Eastman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Artobiography. Los Angeles: Heavy Metal. ISBN 1882931858.
- Wiater, Stanley (1991). The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Treasury. New York: Villard. ISBN 0679734848.
External Links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: - Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Website - From Mirage Studios
- An usenet post on alt.fan.ninja-turtles with an excerpt from a Washington Post article published in 1991 regarding the above-mentioned censorship upon the 1987 TMNT show
Image File history File links i would like to see some quotations by or about goebbels. ...
Mirage Studios is a small independent comic book company formed in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. ...
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1987 TV series TV.com home page TV.com is a website belonging to the CNET Games & Entertainment family of websites which also includes GameSpot, GameFAQs and MP3. ...
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The Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated movies, animated television shows and cartoon shorts. ...
2003 TV series TV.com home page TV.com is a website belonging to the CNET Games & Entertainment family of websites which also includes GameSpot, GameFAQs and MP3. ...
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon. ...
The Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated movies, animated television shows and cartoon shorts. ...
Movies - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
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